[2018] NZEnvC 046 Friends of Nelson Haven Tasman Bay Inc v Tasman District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]
...mussel spat catching. The site has provided a reliable and consistent source of spat since the early 1980s and currently provides around 50 percent of spat for mussel farms in the northern part of the South Island. Other sources of spat include the offshore AMAs in Golden Bay/Mohua and Tasman Bay, a small number of sites in the Marlborough Sounds and seaweed washed ashore along Ninety Mile Beach in Northland. [49] Dr Kenneth Grange, consultant marine biologist for the Applicant, adv...